Telephone-stand.



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TELEPHONE STAND.

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Patented Dec. 19, 1916.

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TELEPHONE STAND.

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CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA.'

OF PHILADELPHIA, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, A

YLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO KEYSTONE TELEPHONE-STAND.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Denit?, 1916.

Application filed July 15, 1912. Serial No. 709,325.

To all whom z't may concer/ft:

Be it known that I, Io-HN W. F BLIZARD, ofhiladelphia,`in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Telephone-Stands, whereof the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates more particularly to stands adaptedV to be used in connection with a pay-station telephone.

An object of the inventionis to provide a stand which will be compact in construction, and of Vfew parts, and which includes a support for the telephone and the pay-registering device, and which also includes a swinging seat for the operator.

In Vthe drawings which show by way of illustration one embodiment of the invention, Figure I, is a side elevation of a stand embodying my improvements, having a telephone thereon, and also having a part broken away to show the stop for the swinging seat. Fig. II, is a front view of the same. Fig. III, is a top plan view of the stand and seat, with the telephone removed. Fig. IV, is a sectional view on the line IV, IV, of Fig. I Y

In carrying out the invention, I have provided a supporting base on which is mounted a single standard carrying a table for the telephone, and the pay-registering device. On the standard is mounted a suitable bracket supporting the local signaling mechanism. Secured tothe base which projects forwardly from the standard, is a swinging stool or seat for the operator. This stool or seat is thrown normally -by a spring, so as to bring the seat to a point adjacent the standard, and the swinging movements of the seat are limited by suitable stops.

Referring more in detail to the drawings, my improved telephone s tand. consists of a supporting base 1, which is preferably formed of cast metal, and is provided with a projecting flange which may beA screwed to the floor. Rising from the supporting base, is a standard 2, which is preferably made hollow. The base is cast with a socket, indicated in dotted lines at 3, into which the standard fits and is held by any suitable means. At the top of the standard is mounted a table 4, which is preferably of such d1- through the bearing 14,

mensions as to support the ordinary telephone 5, and the ordinary coin registering device 6. The coin-registering device and :telephone are detachably secured to the table of the stand. The table is formed with an opening 7, leading therethrough in a diagonal direction, whichr opening registers with the hollow center of the standard 2.

The connections for the telephone extend through the hollow standard and the opening 7, to the phone, so that there are no loose cords of any character running to the phone.

VAttached to the standard adjacent its upper end, is a bracket 8, which is secured to the standard by suitable clips 9. This bracket 8, supports the usual local signaling device 10, for the phone. The supporting b ase is cast with a recess 11. A seat'12, is rigidly attached to a rod 13. This rod 13, at its lower end, is threaded into a bearing 14, which bearing is in turn mounted to oscillate upon the pin or shaft 15, secured to the supporting base (see Fig. IV). The rod is capable of oscillating about the supporting rod or shaft 15. A pin 16, extends and the rod 13. A spring 17, is secured at one end to an eye formed in the outer end of the pin 16, and to a lug 18, on the supporting base. This spring normally tends to swing the rod so as to bring the seat to a point adjacent the supporting standard 2. Y A stop 19, is located so as to engage the bar 13, and limit the inward movement of the seat. This stop 19, is preferably made of wood, so that when the seat is released and swung by the spring, the wood coming in contact with the metal supporting rod of the seat, will make little or no noise. The swinging of the seat downwardly away from the standard 2, is limited by the rod 13, coming in contact with the supporting base, which forms a stop therefor.

In the operation of my device, the operator swings the seat to the position shown in Fig. I, which brings said seat to suitable position for the operator while telephoning. As soon as the operator leaves the telephone, the seat will automatically swing to a point adjacent the standard, so that the paits will take up comparatively little room. 4

It is obvious that minor changes in the details of construction and arrangement of parts may be made, Without departing from the spirit of the invention, as set forth in the appended claim.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

A combination of a hollow standard, e supporting base therefor, e table mounted on said standard and adapted to support e telephone, seid table being formed with an opening communicating with the interior of said hollow standard whereby the wires from the telephone may be passed through the opening in the Copies of this patent may be obtained for table and down through said' f five cents each, by vaddressing the JOHN W. F. BLIZARD.

Witnesses:

JAMES H. BELL, E. L. FUILERTON.

Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. 

